I try to be a fashion photographer - www.flickr.com/petermethven

If you are into photography we could get along very well!!

I have just finished studying Law, it's my masters, its my third and thankfully final piece of education II'll have completed. I already have an honours bachelors in psychology and a bachelors of law too . I work as a night club photographer at the weekends to earn a little extra money, I also work as a barman so can make a mean cocktail. I'm dead keen on photography and like exploring odd and different places which others don't see the merit in!

I like collecting odd things, particularly weird old photographs. I'm really into hand coloured pictures from the 50's right now where nobody smiles. I also have a scarily large collection of vintage cameras which keeps on growing. But mostly I focus on digital as film can be too expensive. Im also into whisky and normally bring a bottle with me for travelling.

I used to be a radio Dj in glasgow, mostly dabbling in electronic music but not adverse to classical music and blues. I'm really into music and have quite a large record collection. I go out a lot, and love music.

I lived in Argentina for a year so I speak pretty good Spanish although I haven't practiced in a while.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I find travelling with a guide book boring and methodological, it doesn't allow you to experience anything new just a reinterpretation, it's far more fun having someone take you to their favourite secret spot that you would otherwise never discover. Thats the magic which travellers can share with one another. I like to meet like minded people, and I generally find I'm most at home with other travellers.

Interests

As I said I'm particularly keen on photography and music. I also read a lot of classic literature mostly on lend from my friends, I find the best books through other people. I have a little soft spot for the beat poets. However I'm not adverse to the odd comic book.

Music is a somewhat competitive subject amongst my peers, so I love talking about it and sharing it as well as going to gigs.

I like to try and take little trips to parts of Scotland I've not been to. There is a ghost town which was built for miners and never used which i would like to visit.I'm somewhat draw to abandoned or incomplete buildings and enjoy exploring them, I quite like dystopian literature so I guess this is a reflection in my own life. I've started climbing Scottish mountains recently, the views are incredible but my legs normally punish me for a few days afterwards.

I have a racing bike and cycled all the way through the winter in Scotland without waterproofs. So I'm a pretty hardened cyclist. I love cycling and would take any opportunity to do it somewhere I've not been. George orwell said the best way to see a country is on a bike!
I guess you'd call me an artist but I wouldn't.

• books
• literature
• fashion
• photography
• education
• cooking
• cocktails
• clubbing
• traveling
• drawing
• magic
• music
• classical music
• electronic music
• blues
• cycling
• rock climbing
• teaching
• law
• psychology
• tourism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list.

Although Jim Jarmusch!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to Tokyo on an exchange when I was 14 was a real eye opener on travelling for me. Tokyo blew my mind when I was that age. It opened the world up to me.

I moved away from home when I was 16 stayed in a really bard part of town (as it was all I could afford) and managed not to kill myself.

Traveling round Eastern Europe in 2008 when I was 18 was good fun taught me a lot of life lessons and I met a lot of people who I'm still in touch with.

Getting a motorbike in central India 2009 and riding to see temples.

In 2011 I managed to visit five countries over the summer by land. (I come from an Island)
Visiting an abandoned american spy station in berlin 2011.

Made it round half a continent in 2 months, in 2013! We estimate around 25,000km but it could be more.

Finally I travelled all the way from Colombia to Argentina by bus and ended up changing my ticket twice to continue living in Buenos Aires.

Teach, Learn, Share

Listen.
Then speak.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm an incredibly easy to get along with person and my interests are quite versatile so I'm at home everywhere! I'm a fantastic cook (If I do say so myself! ; ) ) so I like to cook with my hosts, or cook for them I've got a recipe book I've been compiling of things I've cooked with friends at home or foreign alike. I'm open to discussion and would hope I could impart a little something from myself and gain something from someone else!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Poland, United Kingdom